Because I'm atheist I shouldn't enjoy movies like Constantine?????

[Lady Freedom Returns]

This isn't the first time I've heard this but it boggles my mind.

I was setting outside last night enjoying the cooler temps, letting my dog run around the dog run watching Constantine on my phone. One of my neighbors was out too. Asked what I was watching, told them.

"But your atheist. You all don't watch stuff like that" was their reply.

Where do people come up with this stuff about atheists?

[Walleye]

1. I guess religious people are afraid of being exposed to stories contrary to their faith

So I guess they assume atheists are also afraid to read about religion. Silly

[Lady Freedom Returns]

4. It's like saying you can't enjoy Star Wars because you don't believe in the force.

And so many have so many strange beliefs of how atheists are supposed be and act. It Atheism was something rare to come across, yeah I can see how people would only a perception.

But it's not rare for people to be atheists or nonreligious.

[Walleye]

6. Yeah say you're an atheist, and some people move over like lightning is gonna strike

[multigraincracker]

9. I tell them I'm a

Secular Humanist. They have no idea of how to deal with that.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

10. That's true.

People during the pandemic especially gave one wearing a shirt and/or hat promoting atheism and they gave you plenty of personal space.

[underpants]

2. As a movie fan you shouldn't enjoy Constantine

I didn’t enjoy that offering at all.

You went to hell and back for me!
Constantine: (shrugs) it’s all right

[Lady Freedom Returns]

5. I enjoy it.

I also enjoy the MCU movies movies. As we as movies like the Omen series, The Exorcists, The Ninth Gate and a majority of the horror movies.

To each their own.

[Mr.Bill]

11. If you get stoned first,

The Exorcist is one of the better comedies ever made.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

23. I have seen it stoned.

The part when her head turns straight back is a trip when one is in that condition.

[Clash City Rocker]

15. Casting a dark-haired American actor who can't act to play that part

was probably the worst casting choice since Costner as Robin Hood.

[underpants]

21. Yep.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

24. I still like it.

😝

[Tetrachloride]

3. It's fictional, same as most of the Bible, so popcorn is normal

The problem is the people.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

8. People do have some odd beliefs about what atheists do.

I've been told I'm not Atheism right by so many.

Apparently I'm supposed to watch and read books about science all the time, to be unhappy all the time, to be ready to debate and argue all the time, to not care for the pain and suffering in the world and so forth.

[Mr.Bill]

12. I have been told my Ahteism is a religion.

Right, and my hobby is not collecting stamps.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

13. Atheism is just the disbelief in a god.

There is a ton to a religion.
It's apples and oranges.

[anciano]

7. A Mark Twain quotation about religion:

"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories and you say that we are the ones who need help?"

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. Religion has a lot the faithful need to reconcile and really think about.

Yet they find time to tell atheists how they should act and do as atheists. 🙄

[Bayard]

14. I liked Constantine

But then, I also like Keanu Reeves. Flame away! I also like Raiders of the Lost Ark, and all kinds of other fictional movies with some supernatural elements. The Bible is fiction, written by the power-mad who wanted to control the masses--kind of like trump.

I'm an atheist.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

22. Theism as a whole has a lot of stuff they need to work on.

Yet they somehow find time to tell atheists how they are supposed to be atheist.

Atheism is just not believeing in a god, but some of them gives the impression that they read an instruction manual that we all suppose to follow .

[Docreed2003]

16. Have you watched "The Sandman" series?

For anyone who isn't aware, John Constantine makes an appearance in the original run of Sandman. Neil Gaiman made an interesting choice to change it up a bit for the series and I like the change quite a bit. If you like that type of movie, I'd strong recommend checking out "The Sandman" on Netflix.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

19. Sadly I haven't.

Have heard good things about it.

[Behind the Aegis]

25. I will also recommend it!

It was VERY enjoyable and interesting.

My husband is a HUGE horror fan; me, not so much. I will, sometimes, watch them (love "The Exorcist" and "Silence of the Lambs" ), but I am prone to watch them if they are in a foreign language.

[Sibelius Fan]

17. As a non-believer, I find it impossible to suspend disbelief to the extent necessary

to buy into the supernatural premises that gird many horror films. That greatly lessens my enjoyment.

Now, give me a horror film with a crazed serial killer or a virus or a natural event and I’m all in.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

18. For me it's like watching a magic show

Magic shows are slite of hand, smoke and mirrors.

Supernatural movies are acting and special effects.

Both forms of entertainment has me wondering how they do that and ends up with me researching the tricks and/or effects.

For me, watching the show and quenching the curiosity is all part of the fun.